Brussels, December 22 (RHC)-- Major European banks are poised for massive job cuts as part of their plans to find more savings in 2016. At least 10 European banks have already announced 130,000 job cuts since June. However, investors and analysts believe the banking industry needs to slash more jobs to raise profits. ... More


New York, December 22 (RHC)-- Muslim leaders in the United States are unveiling initiatives in an effort to tackle Islamophobia, which has particularly peaked in the country due to anti-Islam statements by GOP candidate Donald trump. ... More


Richmond, December 22 (RHC)-- In Richmond, California, police have arrested a white man accused of building homemade explosive devices in order to bomb local Muslims. ... More


Asunción, December 22 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Thousands of Paraguayan workers protested on Monday to demand higher wages and better conditions.... More


Asunción, December 22 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Bolivian President Evo Morales has called on member countries of MERSOCUR to join together to ward off the destabilizing effects of the world financial crisis.... More


Brasilia, December 22 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Brazilian authorities said Monday they had discovered a small submarine packed full of cocaine.... More


Caracas, December 22 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Venezuelan authorities have launched a media campaign aim to mitigate the effects of El Niño, which is the cause of severe problems throughout South America including drought and water scarcity in northern Venezuela.... More


Buenos Aires, December 22 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Argentina will restart talks in January with holdout creditors commonly referred to as the vulture funds, a negotiator said Monday.... More


Managua, December 22 (RHC-teleSUR) -- The Nicaraguan government said Monday it is prepared to admit defeat and open dialogue with Costa Rican officials over a long-standing border dispute. ... More


Brasilia, December 22 (RHC-teleSUR)-- The leader of Brazil's Chamber of Deputies Eduardo Cunha said Monday that the impeachment process against President Dilma Rousseff will take place in 2016, as there are still some areas that need clarification. ... More


Panama City, December 22 (RHC-teleSUR)-- Former Panamanian President Ricardo Martinelli, who served as president from 2009 to 2014, has been accused of embezzlement, insider trading and using public funds to spy on his rivals.... More


Port au Prince, December 22 (RHC-teleSUR)-- Haiti's electoral authority has postponed a presidential runoff vote scheduled for this weekend.... More


Damascus, December 21 (RHC)-- Syrian army units, backed by Hezbollah resistance fighters, have managed to liberate more strategic areas from the foreign-backed militants in the northern province of Aleppo. Syria's official news agency, SANA, quoted military sources as saying on Sunday that the army regained control of Khan Tuman and neighboring farms, and Qarassi village and the surrounding warehouses in the southern countryside of Aleppo province following heavy clashes with terrorists. ... More


Asunción, December 21 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Leaders of the South American sub-regional bloc MERCOSUR are in Paraguay’s capital Asunción for the 49th Summit of the Common Market of the South, which got underway on Monday morning.... More


Beirut, December 21 (RHC)-- The Israeli regime's military forces have fired artillery into Lebanon, one day after killing a veteran fighter of the Hebzollah resistance movement in Syria. The Israeli military claimed that the artillery fire came in response to the firing of three Katyusha rockets from Lebanon earlier on Sunday. ... More


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